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homœosis

homœosis

See also: homoeosis

English

Noun

homœosis (uncountable)

  1. Archaic form of homeosis.
    • 1915, H. O. Schmit‐Jensen, Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, page 526:
      In the last part of his paper Przibram calls attention to the characteristic, striking tendency to homœosis in certain genera of Crustacea and insects.